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Pentagon chief tech officer says government will detail laws that apply to AI labs this month
A thousand fewer paths to root
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A 'demand decade' ahead for energy? BP, Baker Hughes CEOs weigh the investment outlook
Rising energy demand offers investment opportunities, but geopolitical risks and oil price uncertainty cloud the outlook, executives and an analyst said.
Why is Paycom Software stock sliding today?
Nintendo's biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business
And what that could mean for physical Switch game costs.
AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress
AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.
Chip startup Tenspresso eyes $500M valuation
‘The money didn’t work’: Big Tech’s $600mn midterm campaign falls flat
Elon Musk rebuked as anger at AI and Silicon Valley fuels support for Democrats
Bearish
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Researchers say group may have been Kremlin-sponsored in search of diplomatic targets.
America’s economy is growing steadily, thanks to an AI boom and robust consumer spending. Yet recently a gap has opened up between homeowners and renters
Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month
While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smart phone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said that product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.
Bearish
Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
"Our calculations suggest Heisenberg significantly underestimated the materials required."
Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says
During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only 4 people booked a ride using an AI agent.
After-Hours Movers: QCOM, COHR, APP, HUBS, SNAP, FSLY, FIG, ZG, BROS, CDE
Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers
The milestone comes a year after Snapchat announced a controversial limit on free storage for its Memories feature and informed users it would start requiring users to pay $1.99 per month for additional storage or subscribe to Snapchat+ to retain their Memories.
Figma’s stock falls as investors worry that AI momentum is coming at a high price
Figma’s investments in AI models and agents are driving usage, but the cost of delivering these features is proving to be expensive
Neutral
17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million
Dream bigger, babe. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics. If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with the outside world, you may delusionally throw away…
VMware releases vSphere Express for virtualization on up to 128 cores
“We started listening to a lot of our lower-end customers," VMware exec says.
-50K realized loss on APP.
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Bearish
Goldman, Apollo seek buyers for $40 billion SpaceX AI chip deal, Bloomberg News reports
Elon Musk was the biggest 2026 donor by far, even as voters directed their anger toward billionaires and anyone having anything to do with AI.
How I learned to love an obnoxious phone grip
Have a little treat. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge Much like a great recipe, it started with a stick of butter. This wasn't real butter; it was a friend's new phone grip, complemented by a phone case with bold stripes. Butter is in vogue now, or at least that's what a 12-year-old told me a few months ago. This stick of butter was labeled "unsalty" and committed to the bit by including the…
OpenAI is already trying to shape the 2028 election
OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests.
CAT + CBRS $26k gain, AI is Fuk
Bought puts on CBRS because it looked like I eat more potato chips in 2 days than the number of chips they sell in a year. And their entire valuation is based on commitments, and who likes commitment? No one, so the datacenter buildouts…
CATBullish
Cyber-criminals are using AI to churn out malware, execute sophisticated “phishing” schemes and, increasingly, to comb through software code looking for vulnerabilities
Apple cements its status as tech’s biggest heavyweight with the stock’s best day in over a year
Investors are flocking to Apple as a safe haven as AI infrastructure names come under pressure from midterm election results
Google Tells Schools They Can Reject AI—But They'll Lose Search, Too
Google is giving schools more control over Gemini, but districts that want Search without AI are out of luck, fueling accusations that the company is pressuring educators into adopting AI.